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What Does the Bible Say About Laughter?

Here are 12 Bible verses about laughter, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Proverbs 17:22

    A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

    BSBA joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

  2. #2Job 8:21

    Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.

    BSBHe will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.

  3. #3Psalms 126:2

    Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them.

    BSBThen our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”

  4. #4Ecclesiastes 3:4

    A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

    BSBa time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,

  5. #5Luke 6:21

    Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

    BSBBlessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

  6. #6Genesis 21:6

    And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.

    BSBThen Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”

  7. #7Proverbs 15:15

    All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

    BSBAll the days of the oppressed are bad, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

  8. #8Proverbs 14:13

    Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

    BSBEven in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.

  9. #9Psalms 37:13

    The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

    BSBbut the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.

  10. #10James 5:13

    Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

    BSBIs any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.

  11. #11Psalms 2:4

    He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

    BSBThe One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.

  12. #12Psalms 59:8

    But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.

    BSBBut You, O LORD, laugh at them; You scoff at all the nations.

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